Osprey Short Film Awards 2026
Saturday 21 March 2026, Theatre By The Lake 1pm
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What are the Ospreys?
Each year at the festival we celebrate local film making by showing a selection of short films.
A panel of judges select the very best of these films and reward the talented film makers the prestigious Osprey awards.
At the screening the audience also vote for their favourite film to win the Audience Award.
“I feel it's very important for those of us who are established in films to make sure that we put ourselves out to encourage the next link in the chain. It's not difficult to put oneself out and it was greatly enjoyable watching their films and sharing their pleasure at the awards.”
Official Selection 2026
Our judges are currently busy selecting which films to show at the Festival.
- Disconnected - Scarlet Media
- For Both Are Infinite - Jack Berry
- House Martins in the Duddon Valley - Neil Emery
- It Gets Better - Asa Pegler
- Lay-by - Stuart Armstrong
- One of Thirteen - Matthew Cooper
- Talk To Frank - Summit Fever Media
- The Beckoning Tarn - Stephen Kent Hunsaker Jr and John Barlow
- The Kilman Criterion - Andrew Carswell
- The Spirit of the Season - Katie Laidlow
- Travelling Home - Juliet Klottrup
- Within - Nicholas Andrew Elliot and Tracey Walker
We hope you will be able to join us on Saturday 21 March at the Theatre By The Lake to see
all the shortlisted films, cast your vote for the Audience Award and find out which films pick up the prizes.
Please Note: The films are not classified but some may not be suitable for all.
There will be a very short
break before the final three films to allow people to step out of the Theatre if they wish.
More Details Coming Soon
2025 Winners
Student Award
It Gets Better by Asa Pegler
Open Award
Travelling Home by Juliet Klottrup
Audience Award
Lay-by by Stuart Armstrong
Filmmakers Network
As well as showcasing great short films we also hope the Ospreys will provide opportunities for film makers to meet each other and possibly collaborate on future projects.
We have created a group on Facebook called the Osprey Filmmakers Network which we invite you to join if you have entered a film in the past
of are thinking of doing so in the future, or perhaps you'd like to get involved in some other way.
Osprey Filmmakers Network: http://bit.ly/OspreysNet
Partners & Sponsors
The Osprey Short Film Awards at Keswick Film Festival proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com,
the world's best online submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD online screeners, unlimited video storage,
digital press kits, and more.
If you'd like to sponsor the Osprey Short Film Awards or supply any prizes then please contact us.
Keswick Film Festival is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.
All programme and film details are correct at the time of publishing but may be subject to change.